This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/253.257.1 Message Board Post: I have a William Frank Cowan born in Missouri in 1857. As of the 1880 census he was married. I do know his spouse Mary passed away in 1906. I haven't found anything on him. Do you know anythng regarding your Frank. I know I have seen something on a Jeanne Cowan. I will go back over my notes and see. Thanks as always Lori

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/805.2.1 Message Board Post: It is possible. I have not done any research on that part of my family for quite some time, so I do not have any clues that would confirm this. The generations of Williams that came from the one from Scotland, settled in Stark County, OH. Do you have any other information on him? Thanks!

Hello Family! I am descended from Samuel and Sarah Keith Cowan, James Harvey Cowan William Cass Cowan Troy Cowan Sr. Troy Cowan Jr. Daniel Raye Cowan Charles Denton Cowan(me) I have a website for The descendents of Samuel and Sarah, so email me if you would like access. [email protected] Chuck Cowan -----Original Message----- From: Laura Cowan Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon 8/26/2002 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [COWAN-L] Who are YOU???? I added a new member today - he is researching the Samuel and Sarah Keith Cowan Line. Welcome to our Cowan Research group. While I was doing that, I looked for some of the bounces that I have received due to people not removing their old e-mail address when they get a new one!!!! <g> Anyway, I saw so many addresses that I have not a clue just who you are or what line you are researching. This is not good!!! So let's post often enough that the group knows who you are researching along with some idea of who you are when they see your address. Think about it - who wants to go through the archives if they happen to locate some wonderful info that should be in the files of someone on the list, but just can't think of e-mail address or their name. SO POST OFTEN so that we will know just who you are, the area your Cowan's lived, and something to help us help you!!!! Laura Cowan Cooper Cowan List Manager ==== COWAN Mailing List ==== Good subject lines increase the probability of making a connection with someone who can help you. "Need help", "Looking for COWANs", and msgs. forwarded from the Digest without a change of subject may not be read.

I am descended from Magnus Cowan and his 2nd.wife, Jane"Jennet"McAllister, daughter of John and Ann McAllister of Cumberland CO. NC Magnus was in Wilmington,NC by1738 Their son, John, married Elizabeth Salter,daughter of Wm.Salter and Sarah LLoyd of Bladen CO. John Bradley Cowan, son of John and Elizabeth married 1. Catherine Nicholson of Bladen Co. 2. wife unknown 3. Mary McNeel, widow of Daniel McNeel The wedding of John and Mary was in Texas Eliza Jane Cowan, daughter of John Bradley Cowan and his first wife, Catherine Nicholson married William Uzzell Wakefield. William was the son of Robert Wakefield and his wife, Elizabeth Cowan. This Elizabeth is a complete mystery and do not know if she had any connection with the other Cowans or not. William Uzzell Wakefield was born in PA. according to census records and his father Robert states in his application for land grant in Texas, that he was a native of New Jersey! All ended up in Texas before 1835. Nita

One of the first books I determined to locate at the beginning of my research was Howard McKnight Wilson's, "The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom," and for quite some time I was unsuccessful in obtaining an original copy. I had my genealogist in Salt Lake City make me a copy from the one in the Mormon library and it has served me well. I doubt there is a single person on the Wigton-Walker or Cowan list who is unfamiliar with this scholarly work and its importance in the understanding of Augusta County history. This is where many of our ancestors hung out for a few years before heading down the Valley into soutwestern Virginia. Prof. Hagy does a fine job on that part of our history in his thesis on the Castle's Woods settlement so Tinkling Spring must be considered the chapter before Castle's Woods. The book would be worth the price for the bibliography alone (15 pages) It has detailed land records, gravestone inscriptions and the Baptismal records of the Rev. Craig along with the best early history of the area that I have seen. If you are interested in information on how to acquire a copy please e-mail me privately at [email protected] for details. Here is a brief passage from the book you may find interesting: "It was clear from the Tinkling Spring membership list of 1744 that there were seventy-seven heads of families in that church alone, before the Augusta County Court was set up and began recording deeds in 1746, but only forty-seven held titles to lands they occupied. The congregational list for the three districts of Tinkling Spring, as it compared with the map of Beverly Manor lands, provides a mental picture of the grouping of these settlers on the streams. John Finley's district of nineteen families was in the general area of Waynesboro, extending up and down South River. The families included in this district were the Turks, Gays, Gillespies, McClure's, Pattersons, Teas, Edmistons and others. John Finley was assisted in collections by Archibald Stuart, who also resided in the district. Wi lliam Wright's district of eighteen families was on Long Meadow Run and included the Hutchisons, Johnstons, Frazers, Thompsons, Hendersons, Kerrs, McCunes, Skillerns, Palmers, Moodys and others. George Hutchison assisted with collections in this district. John Christian was assisted in his district of forty families by William Robinson and James Alexander. The territory of this district covered both Christian's Creek and Lewis Creek and extended the full twenty-mile length of Beverly Manor. The names of this district are too numerous to list in full but include the Bells, Alexanders, Caldwells, Davisons, Prestons, Lewises, Scotts, McClanahans, Breckenridges, Blacks, Cunninghams, Ramsays, Wilsons, McCollocks and many others. All of these were sufficiently settled to enter into calling a pastor and pledging support to him and the building of a meeting house, but only half of them held legal titles to their lands from William Beverley who had patented Beverley Manor in 1736 and began selling land in 1738." Regards, Robert Cowan 525 Harrogate Rd. Matthews, North Carolina 28105 New member of "First Families of Tennessee"

Descendants of Wade Thomas Cowan I am also researching this line and trying to take it back a few generations Generation No. 1 1. WADE THOMAS1 COWAN was born in Ripley, Tennessee. He married MARGARET "MATTIE" ALICE BELL 24 July 1864 in Starkville, Mississippi, daughter of HOWARD BELL and MATTIE MONTGOMERY. More About WADE COWAN and MARGARET BELL: Marriage: 24 July 1864, Starkville, Mississippi Child of WADE COWAN and MARGARET BELL is: 2. i. LEONORA2 COWAN, b. Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. Generation No. 2 2. LEONORA2 COWAN (WADE THOMAS1) was born in Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi. Child of LEONORA COWAN is: i. HENRY WADE3 UNDERHILL, b. in 1922 in Webb, Mississippi; m. ROBERTA BARROW; b. 21 November, North Carolina. Laura Cowan Cooper Cowan List Manager 1010 Hilltop Lane Kodak, TN 37764 (865) 932-7625

I am looking for the family of Ellen Cowan. She married Franklin A. Six from Wythe County, VA. They were living in Sullivan County, TN when they had child Raymond Samuel Six, Sr. He was born 17 October 1894 and then his mother, Ellen died 02 August 1896. I am guessing that she is from the Wythe County, VA or the Sullivan or Washington County, TN Cowans. I am also guessing that she was a doulbe name like Mary Ellen or SOMETHING Ellen Cowan. Any help, leads or thoughts on this line would be helpful!!! Laura Cowan Cooper Cowan List Manager 1010 Hilltop Lane Kodak, TN 37764 (865) 932-7625

My line is below, but remember that I research many Cowan Lines and am trying to correct as well as update Cowans From County Down. John Maxwell Cowan married Florence Elvira Turner - Rowan and Irdell County, North Carolina - with line going back to Immigrant John of the 4 Cowan Brothers detailed in CCD (Cowans From County Down by Fleming). So my line would be as follows: Laura Dianne Cowan (me) daughter of Emmett Gregory Cowan son of Henry Turner Cowan son of John Maxwell Cowan son of Robert Varner Cowan son of Robert Cowan son of Henry Cowan son of Immigrant John This line is one of the better identified Cowan lines in CCD. I am looking for the Varner connection in the line - figure that maybe Henry Cowan who was married to Jean was maybe Jean Varner. They had what is reported as being 9 children - Samuel and Robert both had children with Varner as the middle name. I don't have much in my database on the other children so don't know if each son that had a son had a Varner. The mystery of Robert Varner Cowan's wife Nancy Caples or Kepley was solved when the actual marriage info was pulled for the couple - the correct name is correct as Nancy Caples. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Bride: Nancy Capels Groom: Robert V Cowan Bond Date: 16 May 1832 County: Rowan Record #: 01 079 Bondsman: Robt Airey Witness: Jno H Hardie Bond #: 000123871 Laura Cowan Cooper Cowan List Manager 1010 Hilltop Lane Kodak, TN 37764 (865) 932-7625

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/253.257 Message Board Post: I am researching Cowan's from Jefferson County, PA. Jeanne Cowan b. 3/6/1887 in Glasgow, Scotland she came the US in the early 1900's to help her widowed uncle William Cowan. Her parents were Charles and Ann Cowan, they did not come with her. Ring any bells? Emily

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan (PA) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/452.1 Message Board Post: Hi there. while the names you listed don't click with any of my research I am looking for Cowans' from the same area of PA. I have Jeanne Cowan Mitchell b. 3/6/1887 Glasgow, Scotland (daughter of Charles and ANn Cowan) Came to US in early 1900's to help her widowed uncle WIlliam Cowan in Brookville, Jefferson County, PA.does this jog anything with you? Emily

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/805.2 Message Board Post: I am unsure whether this is a link or not. I am researching my step-father's ancestry. I have a William Cowan born pre-1870 in Scotland. Came to US, lived in Jefferson County, PA?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/825 Message Board Post: I recently posted a message regarding Jeanne Cowan. I now know her parents were Charles and Ann Cowan. Jeanne was born in Glasgow, Scotland 3/6/1887. Any links out there?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/741.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Have an old family bible that lists Obit for Walter Lee Cowan 10/08/1865 died 3/8/1908. Cliping shows names of 5 children. Born Robinson Co., TN moved to Southern Ill in 1876. Marred Minnie Crawshaw in Christmas day 1900. Also bible had clipping of death of Mary Peterson, mother of Rufus and Grant Peterson, Mrs. George Lutz of Jeff. City, MO and Mrs. Ralph Morton of E. St. Louis. Bible shows marriage of Grant Peterson to Lula Cowan 6/21/1893. We also have photos from Bible that were taken 1924 in Yellowstone National Park, If interested in the Bible or more feel free to contact me.

Sheila Jarrett--------- researching James Cowan born circa 1826-27 in South Carolina. He married Margaret Moore in St. Clair county, Alabama on November 20, 1844. Known children are: John, Mary, William, Nancy, Eliza, James, Celia, Joel and Louis/Lewis ANY help or connections would be greatly appreciated. I do not know anything about James' parents. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/824 Message Board Post: nancy was my gggrandmother. she married david roark, and had these children; sally ( my ggrandmother), lottie, james, and alex. they lived in manchester, clay co., ky. anyone with any info, please write. thanks, brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/493.498.523.528.535.1 Message Board Post: my ggrandmother was nancy jane cowan, who married david roark. do you have any info on this? thanks, brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Cowen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/45.121.122.1 Message Board Post: Hi Carolyn, My name is Sabrina Sterman. I am Marilyn Barnes' daughter. Sadly she was diagnosed with cancer in Nov.2001 and died in April 2002. I thought that I would take up the correspondences that she had. I have found one discovery that I thought you would find interesting. At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This could explain why we keep coming up at dead ends with Tabitha and Dorcas. Perhaps they were one in the same. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Hello, My name is Patricia Taylor. My ancestors are Andrew Cowan b abt 1741 in VA d 1798 in Jefferson Co TN and his daughter Ann Cowan who married James Roddy. I am looking for Ann's birthdate and her date and place of marriage and the name of Andrew's parents and siblings.

I'm searching for Miriam Cowan, married to ?? McAllister. She was the mother of Ruth Evelyn McAllister, born 1897 who was married to Delbert Walton Gardiner. Supposedly Miriam (Cowan) McAllister & her husband are buried in Evergreen Cemetery (which one??) in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI. Have no idea where Miriam Cowan is from. Thanks, Linda _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Gary, Would you post the known children of your James and Margaret Cowan? Thanks, Rosemary